Ruby Wax: We Are Addicted To Our Brains

The always-entertaining Ruby Wax explains the structure of the brain and how a natural hormone addiction — particularly to dopamine — keeps us in a perpetual state of wanting. Wax is a comedian who also holds a master’s degree in mindfulness-based cognitive therapy from Oxford University. Ruby is the author of Sane New World: A User’s Guide to the Normal-Crazy Mind.